BouchervilleQuebec

It is part of the Montréal metro area. This town in Quebec has a population of 41,910.

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Photo: un bouchervillois · Public domain

Population

41,910

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

73%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

13%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

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Is Boucherville a good place to live?

Taken together, its subjects give Boucherville an A overall, better than 91% of Canadian towns. In the ranking it comes #93 of 499 in Quebec. Its best grade is for jobs & income (A). Health is another plus (A). Owners valued their homes at a median $484,000 in 2021, which is 4.4 years of the typical household’s pay. The drawback is hazard risk (C−).

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety is the regional police service's figure, shared with its other towns. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestAJobs & income AHealth AWalkabilityWeakestC⁻Hazard risk

What makes Boucherville stand out

The 3 things Boucherville does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

5% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

59% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Jobs & income

Better than 92%

of Canadian towns on jobs & income

Its jobs & income grade: A.

Health

Better than 90%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: A.

How Boucherville grades

Each subject compares Boucherville with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Jobs & incomeAmong the best of the towns comparedAOpen →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesAOpen →WalkabilityAmong the easiest places to get around without a carAOpen →Hazard riskNear the bottom of the towns comparedC⁻Open →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentBOpen →Cost of livingClose to the middle of the towns comparedB⁻Open →

SchoolsNo schools grade in Quebec: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

Nearby attractions

Maison Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine and 10 more in and around Boucherville

From museums to parks and historic sites: Boucherville’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.

All attractions →

MuseumMaison Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontainein town

GardenParc de la Promenade-Bellerive900 m outside town, to the west National parkNational park · SépaqÎles-de-Boucherville National Parkin town MuseumMuseumÉlectrium100 m outside town, to the northeast MuseumMuseumWomen's Museum3.5 km outside town, to the south MuseumMuseumQuebec Aerospace Museum1.7 km outside town, to the southeast

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

Maison Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Parc de la Promenade-Bellerive: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boucherville.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Households in Boucherville have higher incomes than those in 93% of Canadian towns

The car took 85% of commuters, lower than both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work took 26 min, near both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van85%

Public transit7%

Walk4%

Bicycle2%

Census 2021	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Car or van	85%	90%	89%
Average trip	26 min	27 min	26 min

$110,000

median household income, 2020

34%

worked from home, May 2021

37%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageBoucherville’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment5.2% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work13% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to3,160 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Montréal

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

HealthHealth A

Boucherville gets an A for health

Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de la Montérégie

The region has fewer smokers than Quebec, 11% of adults to 12%. Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. Chronic conditions run at 15% of adults, age-standardised, about level with Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Life expectancy in the region is 82.5 years (84.2 for women, 80.8 for men, 2022/2024).

55%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Boucherville55%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%
Very good or excellent health	55%	56%	52%
Smokers	11%	12%	12%
Life expectancy at birth	82.5	82.5	81.5

82.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

6.3 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

11%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

1.2 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageBoucherville’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey55% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care6.3 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 1.2 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.2, men 80.8 Conditions and habits15% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁻

Flood mapping exists for Boucherville: 1 on record, latest by Gouvernement du Québec

Shared with the rest of the Monteregie health region: radon tests

Boucherville’s survey area, 8.2% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.20 per $1,000 of building value, higher than both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Little of the land around Boucherville has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year.

Lowwildfire bandC⁻Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Boucherville8.2%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.20	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	8.2%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.20

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

7.6 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageBoucherville’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

FloodOne flood study on record WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 Earthquakes$0.20 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon8.2% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SafetySafety B

Boucherville gets a B for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Longueuil service area

Its police area recorded 9.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18.1 property crimes are reported each year.

54Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202355

202453

202553

2023–2025	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	18.1	16.6	31.2
Violent crime	9.2	12.4	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	70	88	86
Crime Severity Index	54	56	67

non-violent Crime Severity Index

36%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageBoucherville’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety54 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Boucherville’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Boucherville safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Outdoors

A provincial park at Boucherville’s edge: Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 53 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Protected areas cover 7.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. 14% of the town lies within a protected area.

7.1%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Boucherville7.1%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	20	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	7.1%	4.9%	2.3%

At the edge

to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

beach within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageBoucherville’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas53 protected areas within 10 km · Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)National & provincial parksAt the edge to a provincial park · Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Climate

Boucherville has colder winter nights than three in four Canadian towns

Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm. Snowfall adds up to 217 cm a year, close to Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Boucherville sees July afternoons of 26.6°C on average.

26.6°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.9°C

Spring10.6°C

Summer25.5°C

Autumn13.2°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	217 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	26.6°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
January night low	−16.0°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
Precipitation a year	1,041 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

217 cm

of snow a year

122

days with precipitation a year

Full pageBoucherville’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 26.6°C, January lows −16.0°C Rain and snow1,041 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow217 cm of snow a year Weather station24 km to the station · L'Assomption

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (L'Assomption)

Weather

What November brings in Boucherville: −3°C at night, 5°C by day

Across the year, normals run from −16°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. November normally sees 84 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches −2°C and a night falls to −10°C. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Sainte-Julie forecast.

5°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November5°C

December−2°C

January−6°C

February−4°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−4°C	−14°C	243 mm
Spring	11°C	0°C	253 mm
Summer	25°C	14°C	268 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	277 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

84 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageBoucherville’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (L'Assomption); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Each seat on Boucherville’s council stands for 4,660 residents, more than in 96% of Quebec municipalities

Jean Martel leads Boucherville as mayor, alongside 8 councillors.

Full pageBoucherville’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentXavier Barsalou-Duval Provincial legislatureMontarville

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

More visits per person served than three in four Quebec’s town libraries: Bibliothèque Montarville-Boucher-De La Bruère counts 5

Bibliothèque Montarville-Boucher-De La Bruère serves 41,840 people from a single building.

Full pageBoucherville’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong1 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

Boucherville is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 62% speak both languages

A quarter of residents have reached 65. Immigrants make up nearly one in ten residents, above Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.

48median age

BouchervilleQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

25%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree9%

Postsecondary qualification73%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 51.9% of Boucherville

Women numbered 21,650 and men 20,090 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Boucherville
	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	16%	17%	16%
15 to 64	60%	62%	64%
65+	25%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	9.2%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	73%	59%	56%

Full pageBoucherville’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French62% speak both · 37% speak French but not English Ages48 median age · 25% are 65 or over Households17,290 households · 2.4 people per household Immigrants9% belong to a visible minority

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

HousingCost of living B⁻

Boucherville is a town of owners: 84% of households own their home, above Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

11% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 15% of the median household income, below Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

$484,000median home value, 2021B⁻Cost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Boucherville$484,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	15%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	84%	70%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	11%	13%	18%
Median home value, 2021	$484,000	$300,000	$406,000

$1,346

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$1,170

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageBoucherville’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Owners and renters84% own their home Cost of living4.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $484,000, against the median household income Renting$1,346 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: one figure for all of the Montréal metro area

Schools

Schools in Boucherville: 5 boards, side by side

In English: 2 of the 64 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. The 3 km around Boucherville counts 48 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade.

64schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Antoine-GirouardIn BouchervilleElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École Les Trois Saisons IndependentIn BouchervilleAll grades	All grades	–	Independent
École Primaire Boucherville EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary	Elementary	–	English public

See all 64 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public55

Independent7

English public2

Schools within 3 km	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
School boards	5	2	3

0.6 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageBoucherville’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards5 school boards · Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes Every school64 schools within 3 km · 48 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade Language2 of 64 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Boucherville?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.

History

Maison Quintal, from 1727, is Boucherville’s oldest designated place

At the 2021 census, one in ten homes dated from before 1961, lower than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Canada’s heritage registers list 11 historic places inside the town, 7 with the highest designation. On the list: 4 municipal citations.

11historic places

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations7

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings4

Among them

1727

oldest construction date on the record

9.6%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Boucherville	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	9.6%	21%	18%

Full pageBoucherville’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers11 historic places inside the town Highest designations7 top designations · Maison Quintal Older homes9.6% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Boucherville have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Boucherville

15pages on Boucherville

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 54 Housing & costB⁻Homes 4.4 × income Property pricesSchools64 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 82.5 in its region Work & commuteA59% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors7.1% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 48 History11 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Famous people from Boucherville

37 notable people were born in Boucherville.

See all 37 →

Étienne DesmarteauCanadian athletics competitor · 1873–1905

Sandrine MainvilleCanadian swimmer · born 1992

Dominique RollinCanadian racing cyclist · born 1982

Louis-Hippolyte LafontaineCanadian politician · 1807–1864

Marjorie LajoieCanadian ice dancer · born 2000

Jonathan DuhamelCanadian poker player · born 1987

Photo credits

Étienne Desmarteau: Etienne_Desmarteau.jpg : Unknown derivative work: MachoCarioca, Public domain · Sandrine Mainville: Bull-Doser, Public domain · Dominique Rollin: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine: Indéterminé, Public domain · Marjorie Lajoie: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jonathan Duhamel: World Poker Tour, CC BY 3.0

Boucherville’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

FatimaCollectivité NouvelleBeaurivageMontréal-EstParcours-du-Cerf - Du TremblayTétreaultvilleBoucherville

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Boucherville	41,910	—	A	B⁻	B	A
Fatima	6,213	5.1	B	D	B	A
Collectivité Nouvelle	3,587	5.7	A	B	B	A
Beaurivage	13,574	5.8	C⁻	D	C	A
Montréal-Est	5,112	6.1	C⁻	D	C	A
Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay	21,776	6.3	A	B⁻	B	A
Tétreaultville	19,390	6.5	C⁻	D	C	A

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Boucherville

Do people in Boucherville speak French?

It is a French-speaking town: 37% know French alone, and 62% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.

Who are the people of Boucherville?

Visible minorities are 9% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 9%, and Indigenous people 1%.

What kind of homes are in Boucherville?

Mostly 59% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 2% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.4 people on average, and 26% have just one.

Is Boucherville growing?

It added people: 41,671 in 2016, 41,743 in 2021, 0.2% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 41,910.

About Boucherville

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Boucherville is one census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings describes all of it.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 41,910 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Longueuil
Metro area: Montréal
Census subdivision: 2458033

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).